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Slip coaches manage the drop-off, but not the pick-up.

w1ntermute 16y ago
To reverse the journey, the passengers would board the slip coach at the intermediate station, which would then form part of a local train to the next station on the line where the express was scheduled to stop, and coupled to the express train there to be taken to its destination. The concepts behind the drop-offs and the pick-ups are basically the same.
- Semiapies 16y ago
  You might watch the video. The train in this concept does not stop, unlike the case you describe above. It is certainly not "basically the same" unless you think this, slip-cars, car ferries, and modular cargo containers coming off a ship are all equivalent.
  - electromagnetic 16y ago
    Yes, but this is not a dramatic new concept, it's a minor improvement in implementation because of decreased engineering costs and simply time. This is nothing more than an elevated rail system and using a linear braking system to accelerate the stationary vehicle. Beyond that, we're talking simply precision and as the concept has yet to be implemented, the Chinese are no way more advanced with the concept than 50 years ago. For all intent this is a worse design than having a tandem acceleration system in the trains and allowing the slip-car to simply accelerate itself to rejoin the express. You wouldn't even have to redesign your fleet, you'd only have to implement it in the slip-cars initially for the concept to work.
    - Semiapies 16y ago
      Whether it's a good concept, I don't much care. It is simply and obviously wrong to say it's the same as a slip car, just as it's simply and obviously wrong to say a motorcycle is the same as a draisienne. Whether it's "dramatic" enough a new concept for someone is not my concern.
- seanos 16y ago
  The slip coach concept involves simply decoupling the last coach of the train so that it coasts into the station, therefore there is no equivalent for pick-ups - you can't just couple a coach to a fast moving train.
  - VMG 16y ago
    Why not?
    - whimsy 16y ago
      Physics.

To reverse the journey, the passengers would board the slip coach at the intermediate station, which would then form part of a local train to the next station on the line where the express was scheduled to stop, and coupled to the express train there to be taken to its destination. The concepts behind the drop-offs and the pick-ups are basically the same.

Semiapies 16y ago
You might watch the video. The train in this concept does not stop, unlike the case you describe above. It is certainly not "basically the same" unless you think this, slip-cars, car ferries, and modular cargo containers coming off a ship are all equivalent.
- electromagnetic 16y ago
  Yes, but this is not a dramatic new concept, it's a minor improvement in implementation because of decreased engineering costs and simply time. This is nothing more than an elevated rail system and using a linear braking system to accelerate the stationary vehicle. Beyond that, we're talking simply precision and as the concept has yet to be implemented, the Chinese are no way more advanced with the concept than 50 years ago. For all intent this is a worse design than having a tandem acceleration system in the trains and allowing the slip-car to simply accelerate itself to rejoin the express. You wouldn't even have to redesign your fleet, you'd only have to implement it in the slip-cars initially for the concept to work.
  - Semiapies 16y ago
    Whether it's a good concept, I don't much care. It is simply and obviously wrong to say it's the same as a slip car, just as it's simply and obviously wrong to say a motorcycle is the same as a draisienne. Whether it's "dramatic" enough a new concept for someone is not my concern.
seanos 16y ago
The slip coach concept involves simply decoupling the last coach of the train so that it coasts into the station, therefore there is no equivalent for pick-ups - you can't just couple a coach to a fast moving train.
- VMG 16y ago
  Why not?
  - whimsy 16y ago
    Physics.